Happy New Year. In two thousand eleven I am going to bring about world peace, end childhood starvation and molestation and make a huge dent in the ever growing obesity problem. Everyone will safely buckle up and no one will ever operate a car while intoxicated. Cigarettes and tobacco products will be a distant memory and feeling good about one self will be the new ‘drug’. Haiti will see a rapid...
How honored to be able to post right after Thanksgiving. This post actually started forming a couple of days before the holiday, on Thanksgiving itself as well as the following days. I am by all accounts a fortunate person; someone who can truly be thankful. I have a great family and friends. My children made it to their twenties alive and healthy- happy too I hope. It’s not so with everyone,...
Greetings from the Emerald Isle. I am typing this from my hotel in beautiful Tullamore in Ireland. The legendary green of the countryside is truly deserved. From almost the beginning of my time here I have realized how connected we are the world over. For example when I arrived I decided to go for a walk around this quaint village type town. On the street I saw a sign; it looked homemade, offering...
I was driving my dogs to a park last week. I often choose a trail as it is not easy to walk along our neighborhood roads. Cars driving too fast, distracted drivers- I just feel safer. To drivers my five dogs and I may seem like a road hazard as well. So for our mutual benefit I hit the trails and parks. My (human) kids are grown but the same concerns should hold true for all parents- often our roads...
Today marks the anniversary of the attacks on US soil; marks the anniversary of the fall of the twin towers and marks a line in time when our lives were forever changed. For a child, nine years is a long time, for some a life time. They will never know a time before the attack. It is said that history repeats itself. What if we don’t want it to? What if we don’t want our children to continue to...
